Brigadier Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many postal votes were cast in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the General Elections of 1951 and 1955.
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§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe number of postal votes included in the count in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
POSTAL VOTES 1951 AND 1955 — (1) (2) (3) (4) Number of postal ballot papers issued Number of postal votes returned before close of poll Number of postal votes rejected* Number of postal votes included in the count 1951 1955 1951 1955 1951 1955 1951 1955 England (excluding Monmouthshire) 688,427 489,248 627,405 435,097 10,618 8,506 616,828 426,591 Wales and Monmouthshire 38,819 30,412 34,986 26,596 862 711 34,124 25,885 Northern Ireland 25,337 21,999 23,199 19,357 884 609 22,315 18,748 752,583 541,659 685,590 481,050 12,364 9,826 673,267 471,224 * i.e. number rejected because the declaration of identity was not returned or on one of the other prescribed grounds.